Text bubbles outside creature scripts

[Aran]

Okay, this should be absolutely the last question I'll ask for this scenario.

 

How do I create a text bubble in a cutscene? I know that this has been done - see Bahssikava, with Legare's long soliloquys in iambic pentameter. However, Avernumscript only allows creatures or terrains to create text bubbles.

 

I'm also unable to find anything like a run_creature_script(short which_char, short which_state) call.

 

So, assuming you have a cutscene, and want a text bubble to appear, what do you do? Excuse me for not bothering to reverse-engineer Kel's Bahs cutscenes...

[Enraged Slith]

Code:

 		text_bubble_on_char(41,"");

		text_bubble_on_char(41,"Where's Bobin?");

		force_instant_terrain_redraw();

		pause(15);


		text_bubble_on_char(41,"");

		text_bubble_on_char(0,"Dead.");

		force_instant_terrain_redraw();

		pause(15);


		text_bubble_on_char(0,"");

		text_bubble_on_char(41,"Oh...");

		force_instant_terrain_redraw();

		pause(30); 

Here's a bit of script from one of my scrapped scenarios. Just try to imagine a break after each "pause." This forum doesn't read them for some reason.

[Lazarus.]

You can put text bubbles on a character from any script, not just creature/terrain scripts. Use text_bubble_on_char() rather than create_text_bubble, and you can then use it in a town script.

[Aran]

Why the hell didn't I find that when searching for "text bubble" in the Appendix?

 

I must be getting tired and senile. Thanks very much, now I'm good to go.